YAMASAKI selected Aigakari as the opening of this game . After the 2nd file Pawn exchange , YAMASAKI backed his Rook with 6.R-2h and advanced his right Silver making Hiki Hisha Bougin attacking formation .

HABU also exchanged his Rook Pawn and advanced the 7th file Pawn onto 7e to disturb a natural activation of YAMASAKI's 8h-Bishop .

HABU exchanged the 7th file Pawns and YAMASAKI advanced his right Silver aiming at the 2nd file . HABU advanced his Bishop with 23...B-4d and dropped a Pawn with 24...P*2f to block YAMASAKI's 2h-Rook power .

YAMASAKI ranged his Rook with 26.R-7h aiming to attack the 7c-Knight . HABU sacrificed his Bishop with 26...Bx6f and attacked YAMASAKI's Rook with 27...S*6g .

HABU got back a Bishop with 30...+Sx4f and sacrificed his Rook to continue attacking .

May 28, 2010

In Red league , HIROSE won out . In White league , HABU and TOBE has same wins and will have a play-off game 1 June 2010 . The winner of this play-off game and HIROSE will have a challenger deciding game .

Both players opened the Bishop line with 1.P-7f P-3d and pushed the 9th file Pawns with 2.P-9f P-9d . YAGURA ranged his Rook with 3.R-6h before he closed the Bishop line . After the 1st file Pawn pushes , NAKATA also ranged his Rook with 4...R-4b without closing the Bishop line .

YAGURA started making a Hon Mino gakoi and NAKATA advanced his 2nd & 3rd file Pawns before making Kakoi .

After YAGURA let his King enter the Kakoi , he exchanged the 3rd file Pawns by his Gold . During the battle , they exchanged the Bishops and dropped them on the board . YAGURA attacked the 3rd file and NAKATA replied to counter attack .

SAIDA exchanged the 3rd file Pawns before she started making her kakoi and SATOMI also exchanged the 7th file Pawns .

After Pawn exchanges , SATOMI opened her Bishop line with 14.P-6e facing both players Bishops . SAIDA advanced the 5th file Pawn with 14...P-5e to decline a Bishop exchange . SATOMI pushed the 5th file Pawn with 15.P-5f and the battle started .

After some moves , SATOMI got a Gold with 26. Bx4a+ and had a material advantage .SATOMI attacked SAIDA's Mino gakoi , however it was not so easy to break . Then SAIDA's attacking turn came and she tried to break SATOMI's Kakoi .

SHIMIZU moved up her King with 2.K-6h to disturb KAI's Gokigen Nakabisha . After both players pushed the 9th file Pawns , KAI closed her Bishop line with 3...P-4d and ranged her Rook with 4...R-3b ; a Sanken Bisha position .

SHIMIZU advanced the 5th file Pawn and supported it by advancing a Silver with 13.S-5f . After KAI ranged her Rook again , she immediately exchanged the 5th file Pawns and crushed her Silver against SHIMIZU's 5d-Silver .

After a Silver exchange , SHIMIZU dropped her Silver again with 17.S*5f . After some moves , KAI started attacking the 3rd file with 21...P-3e .

HABU advanced the 2nd file Pawn with 4.P-2e to disturb natural building of MIURA's Yagura gakoi . MIURA moved up the Bishop with 4...B-3c to decline the 2nd file Pawn exchange once , and continued making Yagura gakoi .

INA selected Yagura as the opening of this game . NISHIO pushed the 6th file Pawn with 4...P-6d and seemed to select Migi Shiken Bisha . However , after making Koshikakegin form with 6...S-5d , NISHIO started making his Kakoi .

While INA was making Kin Yagura , NISHIO moved his Bishop onto the Yonte Kaku position and started attacking with 20...P-6e .